What if failure is

We experience pain and difficulty as failure instead of saying, I will pass through this, everyone I have ever admired has passed through this, music has come out of this, literature has come out of it. We should think of our humanity as a privilege.

- Marilynne Robinson, Paris Review

How do you deal with the mistakes that you have made that harmed yourself and others? Do you try to forget it happened? Do you blame others or make excuses for yourself? Do you humiliate yourself in a fit of remorse? What part does manipulation play?

What if instead of leaning into our fear of failure and our dread over acknowledging our own fragility and humanity, we took a look at our list of shortcomings (selfishness, self-serving, dishonesty and fear) and thought about what our life would be like if these character flaws were removed by God?

What do you think your life would be like if God were to remove all your shortcomings?